Nigerian Army

Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, said this in a statement on Friday in Maiduguri.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday said the Army is in top gear to end insurgency in the northeast and the country at large.

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said Boko Haram insurgents had resorted to arson in remote settlements in North-East, sequel to renewed military campaigns against them.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday dismissed as ‘false’, social media reports that it had imposed restriction of movement in Maiduguri.

The New Progressive Movement governorship candidate in Oyo State, Edward Ladoye, says if he is defeated in the 2019 election, he is ready to work with whoever wins the poll.

The Nigerian Army reported this on its Twitter handle

The redeployments were contained in a statement by the spokesman of the Army, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, on Saturday

No fewer than 5,929 flood victims in Bayelsa and Delta recently benefited from food items and other relief materials donated by the Nigerian Army, a statement has said.

The Nigerian Army said the situation at Katarko in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe had been brought under control after troops foiled terrorists attempted attack on the military location in the town.

The burial, which was concluded at around 3 p.m., was attended by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, former Military Administrator of Lagos, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa and former Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Sunusi…

The General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, presented the items on Saturday.

The United States Embassy has said it is concerned by the deaths resulting from clashes between Nigerian security forces and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in areas surrounding Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, said the 2018 operation would not be different as officers and soldiers had been advised to abide by the rules.

A coalition of 22 Civil Society Organisations on Thursday cautioned politicians against hijacking the clash between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the military for personal gain.

The General Officer Commanding 82 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Kabuk, disclosed this on Thursday in Enugu during a courtesy call on him by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Enugu State Council.

The Nigerian Army has said retired Major General Idris Alkali, whose body was found on Wednesday, would be given a befitting burial.

Photographs have emerged of how where the Nigerian Army discovered the body of its immediate past Chief of Administration, Major General Idris Alkali.

The statement stated that the casualty figure arose after the sect members attacked troops deployed at a check point at the junction at about 3:p.m.

The Army has confirmed that three members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria or Shiite, died on Saturday, while two solders sustained injuries when the sect clashed with troops at Zuba in the FCT.

In January 2015, the Nigerian Army spoke on the issue of the controversial certificate